Old Woolpack House is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1983. Inn, house.

Old Woolpack House

WRENN ID
fallow-keep-bramble
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 November 1983
Type
Inn, house
Address
Old Woolpack House, 53, High Street, Standon
OS grid reference
TL 385 232
Coordinates
51.89016, 0.01247
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Old Woolpack House is an inn that has been converted into a house, dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century. The building features a timber frame set on a painted brick plinth, with roughcast walls and a steep old red tile roof that is hipped, featuring a gablet at the northern end. This gablet extends down over a lean-to extension, which is weatherboarded on the north side but roughcast on the west. The house is two storeys tall and includes a cellar.

The west front, which faces the road, has three windows. The entrance door is located in the middle and is accessed by two steps, flanked by a pair of windows on the left and one window on the right on each floor. The windows are square flush box sash windows with three panes over three panes. The entrance features a panelled door within a plain surround. There is a large central chimney at the northern part of the building and a smaller internal gable chimney at the southern end. Additionally, there are cellar access doors located at the southern end of the front.

Local climate

Old Woolpack House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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